There are some ‘useful’ measures in the Spring Statement, the RTPI said, but nothing that would alleviate the worry about local authority finances and therefore help to deliver more affordable housing.

A Belfast developer has unveiled proposals for what is thought would be the capital’s first apart-hotel, a 14-storey scheme providing 184 units on a site at the junction of Queen Street and College Street.

Proposals from the Department for Communities for the regeneration of St Patrick’s Barracks, Ballymena, with up 140 homes, a £30 million leisure health and wellbeing centre and new road network have been approved by Mid & East Antrim Borough Council.